Announcing the Inaugural Adejumobi Adegbite Journalism Fellows
The Foundation for Investigative Journalism and Social Justice (FIJ) has announced the selection of 10 outstanding early-career journalists as the first cohort of the Adejumobi Adegbite Fellowship for Young Journalists.…
Nurses to Begin Strike on Wednesday Across 74 Govt Hospitals Nationwide
The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives, Federal Health Institution Sector, has announced a nationwide strike to begin on Wednesday. NANNM cited low pay, insufficient allowances and general neglect…
How CBN, Edo, Other Govt Sites Leak BVNs, Personal Data of Nigerians
Compared to many other countries, data protection in Nigeria is still in its infancy. Before 2019, for instance, data protection was merely implied. The 1999 Constitution, under Section 37, only…
Edo Vigilantes Brutalised Pressure Group Leader. Police Detained Him by ‘Order From Above’
Edo State Police told witnesses that an “order from above” instructed them to detain Edo North Unity Forum leader Okhai Okhani after vigilante brutally assaulted him for no reason on…
Missing Photojournalist’s Body Found on the Outskirts of Lokoja
The body of Ayo Aiyepeku, the missing photojournalist who was feared murdered last week, has been recovered in Lokoja, Kogi State. His decomposing corpse was reportedly found in a bush…
Pastor Sunday Benson Collected Lagos Resident’s N1.3m for Leasehold. Property Went to Someone Else, No Refund in Sight
Adekola Ademboni, a Lagos State resident, was looking for an apartment in November 2024 when Sunday Benson, his pastor, told him about a property in Odunsi, Bariga area of the…
Victor Ndoma-Egba-Led FUOYE Governing Council ‘Retraumatises’ Woman Sexually Harassed by Ex-VC Fasina
Folasade Adebayo, the deputy director at the Directorate of Services at the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), the woman sexually harassed and intimidated by Abayomi Fasina, while he was FUOYE’s vice…
Lagos CP Jimoh Illegally Detains Lawyers Who Got Multibillion-Naira Property Eviction Judgment Against Albert Awofisayo’s Company
Moshood Jimoh, the Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, detained two lawyers, a property buyer and some security guards after the legal practitioners’ victory in a court case over a…
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT: Recent Death Sentences That Provoked Nigerians
On Friday, Justice Ishaq Bello, a former Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, claimed Nigerian governors’ refusal to always sign death warrants on time encouraged the…
Mystery in Lokoja: Photojournalist Feared Murdered, Body Missing… Then Suspect Commits Suicide
The reported murder of Ayo Aiyepeku, a 27-year-old photojournalist in Lokoja, Kogi State, has left many puzzled. While some reports claimed Aiyepeku, who worked with Inside Story, was murdered on…